WVLZ (AM)

WVLZ
City Maryville, Tennessee
Broadcast area Knoxville metropolitan area
Branding 1120 WKCE
Slogan mid century radio
Frequency 1120 kHz
Translator(s) 97.1 MHz W264DH (Maryville)
First air date 1989
Format Oldies
Power 1,000 watts days only
Class D
Facility ID 17472
Former callsigns WDOZ (1985)
WCGM (1985-1995)
WKCE (1995-2018)
Owner Aaron Ishmael
(Mid-Century Radio LLC)
Webcast Listen Live (TuneIn.com)
Listen Live (Direct Player)
Website wkceradio.com

WVLZ (1120 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Maryville, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville radio market. It airs an oldies radio format and is owned by Aaron Ishmael, through licensee Mid-Century Radio LLC.[1] WVLZ concentrates on the Top 40 rock and roll and R&B hits of the 1950s and 60s.

WVLZ broadcasts at 1,000 watts by day. But because AM 1120 is a clear channel frequency reserved for KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri, WVLZ must sign-off at sunset to avoid interference. Listeners in the Maryville area can hear WVLZ around the clock on its FM translator station, W264DH at 97.1 MHz.[2]

History

The station signed on as WCGM in 1989.[3] It aired a Christian radio format and was owned by Dove, Inc.

From 2007 to 2009, the then-WKCE had been a Spanish-language sports radio station as an ESPN Deportes Radio Network affiliate. Then it was an English-language sports station from 2010 to 2014. It aired a comedy radio format till January 2015 when the format changed to oldies.

WKCE changed briefly to an all-news radio format under the moniker "1120 News Now" on July 4, 2015.[4]

WKCE returned to oldies on December 5, 2015.[5] The station changed its call sign to WVLZ on September 19, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FCC, December 16, 2015
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WVLZ
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-289
  4. ↑ WKCE/Knoxville To Go All-News All Access Music Group, July 2, 2015
  5. ↑ WKCE–1120 back on air with oldies Radio Insight, December 5, 2015

Coordinates: 35°45′08″N 83°55′04″W / 35.75222°N 83.91778°W / 35.75222; -83.91778


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